The Truth About Panic Attacks

An anxiety attack is a disorder that affects millions of people. Studies have shown up to 5% of the American population is affected However it can be treated successfully, often without drugs.

It is characterized: 1.) by sudden attacks of intense fear and foreboding, 2.)usually accompanied by an intensely pounding heart, like you were being attacked by a heard of wild elephants 3.)drenching sweats, like you had a very high fever 4.) profound weakness, and 5.) fainting.

Sufferers often feel a sense of impending disaster and a baseless fear of losing control. Sufferers sometime believe that they are having a cardiac arrest, going insane, or on the verge of dying. They are incapacitated because they can't predict when or where an attack will occur, and in between episodes, they are completely obsessed about when the next one will occur next. People who have full-blown, repeated attacks can become very disabled by their condition.

For example, if a anxiety attack happened in a shopping centre, a person with anxiety disorder may develop a fear of shopping that could affect their entire life. Furthermore, some people's lives become so restricted that they avoid all sorts of activities of daily living.They often can't work or attend a social function.

About one-third become housebound or are able to confront a feared situation only when accompanied by a spouse or other trusted person.

This is unfortunate, because an anxiety attack is one of the most treatable of all the anxiety disorders.

There is one key factor that makes the difference between those who fully eliminate panic attacks from their lives and those who do not. The key ingredient is not medication, lifestyle changes, or relaxation exercises. It is when the individual no longer fears the thought of having a panic attack.

This may seem like a simplified and obvious observation but give it careful consideration. The one thing that has you searching for a solution to anxiety and panic attacks this very moment is the fear of having another one.

The cure is in oneself. Only an individual can stop their own fear! No cardiac arrest, no suffocation, no fainting, no dying. Despite everything the body symptoms are telling the individual, they will ALWAYS subside in time and on their own accord.

That's why nondrug treatment can work. Thats important because every drug has side effects.This was discovered by panic attack sufferer Joe Berry. Find out more, today.

Copyright (c) 2009 Barry Lycka

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Dr. Barry Lycka is founder of LesTout.com, the number one source of internest guidance. Find out how to cure panic and anxiety attacks at www.BestPanicAttackResource.com

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